1897 Drexel Dragons football team

1897 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	None
Captain	S. Walter Bishop
Home stadium	West Philadelphia YMCA

1897 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					15	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					10	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	2
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	1
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	0	–	2
Lafayette			–					9	–	2	–	1
Drexel			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Dickinson			–					7	–	3	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	3	–	2
Fordham			–					2	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	3	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					4	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan			–					6	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	5	–	2
Villanova			–					3	–	5	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Amherst			–					2	–	6	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	2
Lehigh			–					3	–	7	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					1	–	3	–	0

The 1897 Drexel Dragons football team did not have a head coach.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 21[1]	at Wilmington High School (DE)	Warner Athletic Park Wilmington, DE	L 4–16
October 27[2]	at Mainheim		L 0–46
November 2	Northeast Manual Training School		W Forfeit
November 5	at Chester High School	Chester Park Chester, PA	T 0–0	300
November 10	at Haddonfield High School	Haddonfield, NJ	W 4–0	200
November 12	at Griffith Athletic Club		W 10–0
November 17	Eastburn Academy		W Forfeit
November 19	Friends' Central School		W Forfeit
November 25	Wilmington High School (DE)		W Forfeit

Roster

1897 Drexel Dragons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE, DE John Schofield Fr OT Edwin Potts Fr G John Kaighn Fr C George Moses Fr G A. Carl Reeves Fr OT Robert Grover Fr TE C. Thompson Fr HB S. Walter Bishop (C) Sr HB Randolph M. Fr QB Charles Carson Fr   John Griffith Fr   Arthur V. Dee Jr   Harold Perkins Sr   Davys Gilpin So   John Hedges Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB, P Otto Fischer Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach No coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 21 September 2018

References

1. "Drexel Institute Defeated". newspapers.com. Wilmington, DE: The Times. October 22, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
2. "Manheim 46, Drexel 0". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved October 17, 2018.